Hook and eye.



No. 47mm. Patented 0151-7, |902.

D. S. DAILY.

HOOK AND EYE.

(Application med nu. 16, 1902.)

(No Model.)

Unirse Srnrns Farnivr trice.

DORA DAILY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPEClFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,671, dated October` 7, 1902.

Application filed January 16) 190,2. Serial No. 89,977. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may con/cern:

Beit known that I, DORA S. DAILY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Hooks and Eyes; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an appliance to be used for the closing of openings in clothing.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which is designed for fastening in a neat and secure manner the overlapping portions of garments, such as the side portions under the arms and over the shoulders in waists and the back openings or side openings in skirts, whereby the fastening may be made without injury to the material upon which it is used, at the same time eonducing to security, neatn ess, availability, and protection.

My invention consists of an arrangement by which the hook and eye are brought together by means of a spring or snap.

The eye has a solid back, thus protecting the most delicate material from the wear incidental upon the pressing of the hookagainst the cloth, as in the case of all existing sidefastening hooks and eyes. The back of the eye is provided with a raised or embossed tongue running lengthwise through the center.

The hook has a rounded split top, which top is split through the center and an elongated oval opening made init in such a manner as to give the double tongue thereby cre ated the action of a spring when the hook is fitted into the eye and pressed over the raised tongue of the eye.

Perforations are provided for attaching the hook and eye to the material by means of sewing in such a manner as to absolutely conceal the hook and eye when the garment is closed.

Myinvention comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a bottom plan of my improved hook attached to a piece of fabric. Fig. 2 is a top plan of my improved eye attached to a piece of fabric. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, sectional through the fabric, of my improved hook and eye locked as they appear when in actual use. Fig. e is a rear end view in elevation of my improved eye, showing slot or opening through which the bill or tongue of my hook engages the eye. Fig. 5 is a top plan of the blank of my improved eye, showing same as it is stamped out prior to forming into shape. Fig. 6 is a top plan showing the blank of my improved hook, showing same as it is stamped out prior to forming into shape.

Similar characters of reference referto simi'- lar parts. l

The letter A represents my improved hook formed of stamped metal sheet, as shown in Fig. 6, having the spoon-bill or hook part a, perforated with an elongated oval opening of aboutits center and split outwardly, as shown at l, forming a double tongue at the oval end of hook proper. A(Fully shown in Fig. 6.) This tongue or bill a is bent backward toward the end of base-piece h and on the same plane as the base, its rounding split end c, being further slightly curved inward toward the base, as shown in Fig. 3. The hook-base l) has suitable perforations h b for attaching it to the fabric.

The letter B represents my improved eye or female member stamped out of one single metallic sheet in the form as fully shown in Fig. 5. This eye has a base c, in which a longitudinal tongue c' is cut by being left within the partly-cut longitudinal opening d in said base. At one end this member has a semicircular-shaped opening d', which in stamping out leaves the protecting edge e. The eye is formed from thisblank b v bending upward and backward toward the end of its base c the edge e at a line with the straight base of thevopening d. (Shown in Fig. 5 by the flgures2 3 and fully formed, as in Figs. 3 and e.) The tongue c' in the base c is given an upward curve, forming a hump or stop which engages Within the oval openingct' of the hook-bill when locking both in position and fully shown in Fig. 3. The base c of the eye member has similar suitable perforations ff to those in the base of the hook for fastening to the fabric.

By the peculiar construction of both my improved hook and eye it will be seen that once locked, as shown in Fig. 3, it will be impossi- IOO ble for them to come apart, owing to the opening in the bill or hook engaging over the hump made by the bent tongue in the center of the base of the eye member, and they can only be separated by deliberate force or by unhooking in the proper manner viz., by pressing the edge g of the overlying fabric, thereby raising the inner or bill end of the hook, so that it can be easily pulled over the hump in the eye at the same time that the outer edge 72, of the fabric carrying the eye is pushed forward, allowing the two members to be easily separated from each other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 

